Boy&#39;s side garter.



PATENTED MAY 29,- 1906,

H. BRISTOL;

6 W mu BOYS SIDE GARTER. APPLIGAT ION FILED 00118. 1904.

or BRQOKTYIJ. NEX -i YORK.

Eaten-t. s ammed may 29, 1996.

An licsniou filed Gctoher 18 1904 Serial No. 229 005.

To all whens Be it kno w n ovs Side Garters, i .ificetion. to so i inproveniient ig-sup ior rig devices, and has for to provide ii construction especially 1 for boys of the who wear trou-- s by suspenders.

V rt ouscrs the supporters have to the trousers or method does not hold the no tightiy, and conses' uentiy they e srouno. the shoe-tops or .oid this it has been necesmorters so tight that the node to sag sndthe sply impsired.

of my invention nd to provide e comfortable, crs t at the sag 'i'ii'iniy, se-

nested to th one at the oints where i iv :1 a uttsched, w ch throws the entire weight upon the suspenders, end consccpiently the shoulders of the wearer, which provides it firm connection. and er mits of the stockings being tightly hel up 45 without causing the wearer the slightest dis-- corniort.

With th briefly-stated objects in view my invention comprises certain details of construction and novelties of combination 50 and arrangement of ports, as wilLhe fully detion and inns. reference heing hsd scribed in the following specific" pointed to the r showing i l b l I been si )porting I 1 l i I portersv Fig, 3 is a detail side view of the clasp for connecting the supporters to the trousers, the trousers being shown in section Fig. 4- is :1. detail front view of the me, i hutton being moved and a. portion or" t trousers being brolren ewsy. Fig. 5 is :1V sew tional elevation of thejspring-hooh snd'ioop for uniting the two sections of the supporters. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view showing the spring-hook and ioop'detsched. Fig. .7 a. detail perspective view of one of the fasteners for connecting the supporter to the trousers, the fastener being shown closed; and Fig. 8 is 51 similar view showing the fastener open.

sections A and B for each supporter, and as the supporters are exsctiy alike the description of one is thought to be sufficient, and this will be followed throughout the specification. The sections are united by means of s spring-clasp C, which msy be readily disengaged to separate the sections whenever desired. and which when separated leaves one section attached to the trousers and the other section attached to thestocking.

The section A. which is connected. to the trousers, comprises a. non-elsstichsnd D, foided to provide a double loop which open sites through at metallic loon E, to which the spring-clasp O is connected. The free ends oi the hand D have my improved springtimtoners F connectedthereto, each fsstener'bein constructed of a single strand of springbent to form the rectsnguls-nsheped portion F, from which project the hook is and the extreme ends bent to form semicircular portions F which when brought together form a complete circle that encircles the shank of the button when in position upon the trousers. The shanks and semicircolor portions are firmly held together by means of a ring F which slides 11 on the shanks P. It will be readily undhrstood that when the rings are pushed toward the outer ends of the shanks the letter will he held together and the fastener secured in niece; but when the rings are pushed toward the ioopend the sha'nkswill open and the fs-steners may-then be readiiy disengaged. By this construction of the fasteners it will he siso seen that the outwsrdlybent a. hook which engages the top of the mild the trousers directiy adjacent Jutwnis to which the suspenders are con portions elastic nected, and consequently the strain placed upon the trousers by the weight of the stock-- ings is at these points, and the suspenders are therefore employed to hold the stockings up.

Operating in connection with the non-elastic straps or bands D is the elastic strap G, forming the section B of the support, the lower end oi the elastic G being provided with any suitable construction of a clasp H, which is designed to engage the stocking, and the opposite end is connected. to any suitable form of buckle l, by which. the clastic may lie-adjusted to various lengths, as oocasion may require. The loop termed in the elastic operates through a non-eircuiar Inetallic loopC, carried by the spring-clasp C.

From the foregoing it will readily appear that i provide an exceedingly simple and highly-efficient device that overcomes all objections now commonly experienced in supporters of this kind, and in operation the section A of each supporter is first connected to the trousers, so that one spr'iiig-iastener en gages the trousers at the rear suspendenbntton and the other fastener engages the trousers at the side suspender-lmtton, and when thus connected the section A is allowed to hang down inside the trousers. The section B, which terms the lower section, is then con nected to the stocking by means of the clasp H, and the sections are then ready to be united, which is done by slipping the lower portion of the loop E into the spring-clasp C. This operation, as will be seen, is exceedingly simple, and when. the wearer is retiring or sires to remove his clothing the clasp C is disengaged fr 111' the loop and the upper section A i left a tached to the trousers, while Lne lower section B is left attached to the stocking. By this arrangement the parts are always ready and in position to be united.

when the wearer makes his toilet, and the very objectionable feature of the supporters being nnsplaced is always avoided. I

It will of course be understood that by providin a sliding connection between the nonb band D and the elastic section B by means of the loop B relative movement of the body of the wearer is freely allowed without ailecting the stnckings, which. are consequently always tightlyhcld up, and, further, that by connecting the supporters to the points of the trousers, as hercinbelore described, all the strain incident to supphrtl l l ing the stockings is thrown entirely upon the suspenders and of course upon. the shoulders of the wearer, which greatly adds to his ap pearance and comfort.

Having thus fully described my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1.. A device of the kind described comprising upper and lower sections, said upper seetion comprising'a double-loop band having a metallic loop slidably connected. therewith, and means connected to the ends of the band for securing the band to a waistband, the said lower section comprising an elastic strap having a spring-actuated clasp connected to the lower end of the said lower section and a spring-clasp ada ted for detachable connection to the metal ic loop carried by the uppeii section.

- 2. A device of the kind described, comprisi-ng an upper section formed of a double-loop band having spring-lasteners I connected at their ends and a metallic loop slidably retained upon the band, and. an elastic lower section having means carried by one end to adapt the section to be secured to a stocking and a spring-actuated clasp adapted for conncction with the said metallic loop.

3. A device of the kind d cscribed compris ing the upper and lower sections, spring-firs toners carried by the u )pcr section, said his tencrs comprising the loop portions, having shanks projecting therclrmn, the outer ends of which terminate in hooks and the extreme ends bent to form semicircular portions, the rings operating upon the shanks, the clasp .arricd by the lower section and the springclasp carried by the lower section and adapted for; engagement with the upper scctionl I 4. A device of the kind described, comprising an upper section composed of a non-elastic band arranged to provide a double loop I KOO 

